Desoldering an IC from a PCB

If you ever wondered how you get an IC desoldered an easy way if you don't care about the IC but want to protect the board, just look here.
Not perfect, but maybe informative enough.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Desoldering
• IC
• PCB
• Pump
• Soldering
• Suck
• Vacuum

[horfittunge]

I really don't see the point in cutting the pins first, I find it easier to desolder IC's keeping them whole.

Cutting first makes the desoldering in three stepe - Cut, remove pins, suck away solder.

If you don't cut the pins it´s just removing the solder and then pull up the IC (IF you do the desoldering correctly).

[MusicMiK]

@horfittunge I described this at least one time in the comments. Why should i repeat it over and over again? There are different tastes and different purposes for the ways of doing a job. I personally also desolder the whole IC most times. This video was intended to help someone who never had a soldering iron in his hands before and wanted to save the machine's double-side PCB, not the broken ICs.

[tcnitials]

ty for the video musicmik. BTW, a good trick I learned about wicks is that they work a lot better if you dip the end of the wick in flux first.

[MusicMiK]

@tcnitials Yep, this is the way i use it today. This video in fact was just for one specific case - help someone who never used a soldering iron (and has only the most basic equipment available) to safely remove some broken ICs from a very fragile PCB.

If i knew how many hits this thing will get, i might have done it a bit more right and complete :)

[zarmaanful]

you are using wrong way if you cut the pins how you can recycle the ic just suck it from solder side and the component sided solder also sucks.

[MusicMiK]

@zarmaanful It's so easy to blame people who want to help in the anonymous world of the internet.

Did you ever think about the motivation of this? This was a guide to replace broken ICs in a delicate PCB. But it's so easy to just say "you a wrong" without even trying to inform about the motivatio first.

Time to delete my YouTube account also.

[PhatPhunk]

Very helpful video! Thanks for sharing!!

[djfilluk]

Im a noob and this really helped me! Thanks for uploading!

Ignore all the typical youtube haters!

Thanks again! :D

[EnragedSephiroth]

@MusicMiK You can always re-shoot an updated version and link to it in this video. :) Very informative. Thank you.

[garoad2]

@zarmaanful LISTEN and READ, he said only do this if you don't care about the IC. DUHHHHH

[ZipSnipe]

Good job!!! I like it

[pico3423]

thank for sharing, that makes perfect sense

[Crio2c5]

@MusicMiK

yes my friend, i back u up, thanks for the good work

[marhar2]

Thanks MusicMiK, I'm just beginning and learning SO MUCH from your channel. I appreciate the time and care you took to make these videos!